Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic alternate messages after Serb wins French Open

Serena Williams has congratulated Novak Djokovic after the Serbian joined her as essentially the most profitable grand slam gamers of all time following his French Open triumph. His third success at Roland-Garros was his twenty third main title general, drawing him stage with the retired American famous person.

Djokovic began the Paris occasion ranked No. 3 on the planet, however after getting previous top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz within the semi-finals – who was pressured to retire with damage – the 36-year-old defeated Casper Ruud in straight units within the last, confirming a spot on the sport’s summit alongside Williams and a return to the No. 1 spot.

Resharing a submit of Djokovic with the French Open trophy in Paris on Instagram, Williams wrote: “Congrats @djokernole.”

The prolific Serb had already paid tribute to Williams by way of his personal Instagram story, writing: “Huge honor to be sharing the #23 with you, Serena,” with a photograph of the pair collectively.

Djokovic wanted to battle again from 4-1 to Ruud within the first set of the ultimate, however was ready to take action and finally prevailed on a tie-break. He then went on to win the following two units 6-3, 7-5, finishing a cushty victory.

The title win moved him forward of nice rival Rafael Nadal who sits on 22 main titles with Roger Federer now retired on 20.

The Belgrade-born star’s unmatched tally of slams consists of 10 Australian Opens, three French Opens, seven Wimbledon titles and three US Opens. He is the one male tennis participant ever to win every grand slam event 3 times or extra.

Having already gained the Australian and French Open titles in 2023, Djokovic has now set his sights on one other important goal, profitable a calendar Gram Slam.

Speaking on the Tennis channel, he stated: “I’d like to get another chance in New York. Of course, I have to win Wimbledon, which is a whole different mountain to climb. The fact that I won the last four Wimbledons gives me a lot of confidence and I look forward to that. I really do. I love playing there, that’s the dream tournament, always has been for me.

Djokovic came close to completing a calendar Grand Slam in 2021, but fell at the final hurdle, losing the US Open final to Daniel Medvedev in New York, but he would dearly love another crack at it and is halfway there this year already.

Djokovic added: “If that happens, I’d love to get a chance to go for another chance at the history in New York. I missed the history couple [of] years ago in the last match, with [Daniil] Medvedev. But I felt the love from New Yorkers, from all the people who were there. I was actually blown away with emotions of what they brought to me on that day, on the court. So I can’t wait to go back and play in New York.”